#( the keeper // headcanons )

[tam-shade-song]

ok. Because I too, am unoriginal, I challenge thee to a challenge.

If this post gets...5k notes by the ides of March (Mar 15) I'll write a Frankenstein KOTLC Au, where

Sophie is Frankenstein's monster

Sophie is morally grey

They're nonbinary

And they kill Wylie's father (Kinda sorta on accident)

I won't start writing it until after I finish my current fic, but once I do I'll post it on AO3 and Wattpad.

#kotlc #kotlc fandom #kotlc headcanons #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc thoughts #not your shade pet #kotlc sophie #kotlc keefe #kotlc au #kotlc bronte #kotlc council #kotlc memes #fitz vacker #sokeefe

[the-great-gullon-incident]

Do you think the enlightened language has a million different words for different shades of blue.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc headcanons #enlightened language

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

It's not "only Sophie can do this". That is so far from true. Her friends are:

Fitz, one of the most powerful telepaths of his time. Could've killed someone if his friends didn't stop him. Sort of did kill him. Btw, it was his traitorous older brother.

Biana, one of if not the ONLY vanisher who can completely vanish to every species. Has twice tackled murderers. Almost fell off Mount Everest and is covered in scars because of those times. She's super proud of it. Literally could kill you in a face full of a makeup

Keefe, also tested on. Has 3-4 abilities, two of which are new with him. Snarked the ogre king and won a sparring match with him because of it. Also ripped out THE ogre king's earring. Pretty good with weapons. Can make you listen by word of mouth.

Dex, such a powerful technopath that the council requested him to make special tech instead of an elf that's hundreds of years old and invented most of society's daily gadgets. Often underestimated.

Tam, one of the few shades that can control shadowflux. Joined a group of murderers and killed a friend to save his sister (yeah Keefe's alive, but Tam thought that Stellarlune would kill him and he still did it).

Linh, who held up a river surrounding a kingdom that was poisonous and harder to control when she didn't have full control over her abilities. Btw, she was 15.

She is friends with a variety of elves with crazy powers, ogres, trolls, dwarves, gnomes, and a human.

Only Sophie being able to go in these battles is dumb. It makes sense bcz she's the mc, but not in the actual series.

So I present multi-perspective kotlc.

Solves the "only Sophie can do this" issue. Better for character development. Makes side characters' relationships and lives matter more.

It would change the plot slightly but I think it would help.

#kotlc headcanons #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #keefe sencen #biana vacker #tam song #fitz vacker #dex dizznee #linh song #I SAY THIS AS A LOVER OF THE SERIES OKAY

[the-boobrie-dude]

Petition that Keefe ends up in bed rest and Sophie comes to him with a present to distract him, and she pulls out a rubix cube scrambles it and just tosses it to him saying “solve it” and that’s all he does the rest of the day.

#kotlc #kotlc fandom #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #kotlc sophie #kotlc headcanon #keefe sencen #kotlc sokeefe #kotlc keefe

[waokevale]

Happy Buildday WX! ⚙️ 🎂 🎁!!

Decided to do a more detailed piece especially for our beloved bot.

#dst #don't starve #don't starve together #dst wx78 #dst winona #dst wickerbottom #dst wormwood #dst webber #happy buildday #!!! <3 #bees #bee keeper wx #that is not even a headcanon #that is the truth

[sasharcyreal]

Could you draw SoKeefe to Mess It Up (Gracie Abrams)?

the way i SCREAMED when i saw this gracie abrams is my favorite person ever and i literally eat sleep and breathe sokeefe this isnt even funny.

i might do the blue or full machine or ikiww OR BEST or will you cry or feels like or or or bro im literally gonna combust

#say sokeefe in the mirror 3 times at 3 am challenge #sokeefe #sokeefe art #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #keeperofthelostcities #kotlc thoughts #keeper of the lost cites fanart #kotlc fanart #my art #kotlc art #sophie foster #keefesencen #team foster keefe #keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc sophie #keeper of the lost cities art #sokeefe fanart #kotlc quotes #kotlc headcanons #kotlc memes #kotlc keefe #sokeefe quotes

[dragoncookies]

I would much rather prefer a book of short stories from multiple POVS, that includes the Great Gulon incident or a short story from Rayni’s POV or a short story from Maruca’s POV or Fitz’s POV when he looked for Sophie in the forbidden cities, than a book entirely on Keefe’s POV from his adventures in the forbidden series when we already get so much of him in the regular books of the series.

it’s not that I have a problem with Keefe, he’s a great and lovebale character, but it just seems like Shannon is over-saturating the series in his character because she knows a lot of the fans like him. Shannon please we like Keefe but we also like the series for way more than just Keefe 😭

#kotlc #fitz vacker #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fitz #kotlc headcanon #keefe sencen #sophie foster #kotlc sophie #kotlc stellarlune #kotlc keefe #rayni aria #maruca chebota

[crescentpaws]

i like to imagine that there’s some sort of secret elvin society existing in the forbidden cities. made up of elves who were banished from the lost cities and had nowhere else to go (i mean what else are you gonna do if you can’t go to exillium? the neutral territories don’t seem that fun to hang out in)

i think it would be funny if keefe ended up running into other elves during his time with humans

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc headcanons #kotlc unraveled

[clarityroses]

He gotted glasses

Whoever gave me access to procreate should not have done that lmao

@keefe--sencen’s idea

#clarity’s arts #keefe kotlc #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #team foster keefe #kotlc sophie #sophie foster #sokeefe #kotlc art #kotlc headcanons #kotlc fandom #kotlc thoughts #kotlc #kotlc fanart #keeper of the lost cites fanart #keeper of the lost cities

[twilled-auryn]

yay okay we finally got the whole "who's Sophie going to end up with" situation hopefully solved so now can we get back to the friendships in the series?

*Ahem*

- I need Sophie and Tam snarking the whole gang like they've never been snarked before

- I need Biana and Linh bonding over complaining about their brothers

- I need Marella giving Sophie the most random advice because she can

more below the cut so you don't have to scroll:

- I need them using each other as pillows and foot rests while forkle is giving a speech

- I want Ro dying Sophie's hair for kicks

- I need Dex and Stina bantering because they deserve to have a cousin-like relationship

- I need them sharing snacks

- I want Sophie introducing the gang to "The Game"

- I want them doodling on each other

- I want the boys acting like brothers

- I want the hour long imparter hails to just talk and exist with one another

- I want Maruca showing Marella how to add hair charms to her braids

- I want bets placed on who will be on people's match lists

- I want them being silly with Sophie's spyball

- I want the platonic hugs and casual touching and the hand holding

- I want random piggy back ride races

- I want combining the most random foods and liquids into a cup and making Keefe drink

- I want the pranks when they're supposed to be focused

- I want them to play bramble

I want them to play.

I want them to laugh.

I want them to be friends.

I want them to be happy in the midst of all the brokenness and stress

if you got this far please reblog with any random friendship centered headcanons

#idk how to format this post #I'm still new #friendship is magic #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc headcanons #kotlc thoughts #crap post

[heartshapedbubble]

Hi can I request Andrew, Luca, William, Wu Chang and Antonio reacting to having an s/o that can crush a watermelon between her thighs.

this req made me shit bricks when i first received it in august LMFAOOOO this was so fun to write anon thank you so much for this/gen

andrew, luca, william, wu chang and antonio reacting to their s/o crushing a watermelon between their thighs🕸⚡🏈☂️🎻

andrew kreiss🕸

he is... confused to say the least

when you first did it he jumped out of fear thinking you hurt yourself by doing so

this man would probably burst into flames after one pretzel stick he has NO idea how to react

....he'd be lying if he said it doesn't interest him though

like. he is INCREDIBLY lost and maybe even disturbed but like. do it again

"is this something they do to sinners in hell? can you use it as self defense? does it hurt your thighs?" a bit gulity of asking these questions ngl but he can't help it

might start avoiding you after that... simply out of fear that it was a bad omen and that you might try crushing his skull instead when he messes up in the games LMAO

william ellis🏈

not shocked at all

he didnt even fucking flinch when it burst he just stood there with his usual 😃 face

"hehe. nice. now watch me" (proceeds to crush a watermelon with his own thighs)

tbh william can be competitive as hell and he would somehow make a competition out of this too

after that whenever y'all ate watermelon in the manor he always shouted "DID YOU GUYS KNOW ___ CAN CRUSH WATERMELONS WITH THEIR THIGHS¿¿¿¿¿ GO ON ___ SHOW THEM!!!!"

might ask you details on how you train/build your thighs just in case...there's always room for self-improvement

next time he sees you he's going to whip out two watermelons and ask you if you can crush both at the same time (cheeky bastard)

luca balsa⚡

mans is just losing his shit at it

"how do you do it??????? how long did you have to build your legs for this??? at what angle does it crush the fastest/easiest???? what technique did you use???" like andrew but with zero self control or fear

so intrigued he'll whip out the nerd glasses and the notepad to study it. bring a few extra watermelons cause once he begins you'll realize it's gonna be a looooong day

i kinda think that he'd be more interested in the physics aspect of it than the crushing itself tbh

after enough research he would try to crush one with his own thighs

...which didn't really go well🥲he's got chopstick legs but we still love him

that absolutely did not discourage him though. he'll find a way to do it himself. somehow. one day.

wu chang☂️

their reactions are quite different

at first they just kinda... side eye each other. not condescendigly tho they just have to clarify they're both seeing the same thing since they didn't expect this when you told them you have a suprise for them

xie is like ☺ "thats... very cute honey!! i'm very proud of you!!!! you've been working very hard!!!!"

no idea how to properly react or process it really but since you seem really happy about it he simply has to share your enthusiasm okay!!! xie the world

fan just smirks. "now crush a pumpkin."

this motherfucker is going to tease you and give you more and more impossible physical challenges just to make you all red in your face and see you angrily give up just crush his head instead at this point

would rather drown himself in that goddamn river again than admit out loud that it's absolutely badass but it becomes obvious after some time. he's not an emotional mastermind after all

antonio paganini🎻

not overwhelmed by it either! hes just chill like dat

he finds it so funny actually - he's grown tired of all the elegant plays and balls that he experienced while playing for royalty so this little peculiar performance of yours put a wide smile on his face

it gave him a good laugh too, not in a mocking way it's just so bizarre and unexpected that he couldn't help but laugh

would joke about it like "i love a partner that can just beat the shit out of me" after seeing it lmao

"you can kill people with that, but personally i wouldn't have an issue with it if it was your thighs in question~" what a fucking flirt GET HIM OUT

if you'd challenge him to do the same he'd just give up after the first two tries... his legs aren't his best asset

he CAN crush a watermelon with his hair though. maybe you should be more careful the next time you try to wriggle out from its grip...

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[im-too-emotionally-involved]

Kotlc things

Keefe LOVES musicals. No one knows where he's finding them or how he discovered them in the first place. Hamilton is his favorite.

Stina ships Sophitz.

Biana writes y/n fanfics.

Fitz cries when the sad dog ads come on.

Marella stole Sophie's iPod once and now is secretly obsessed with human music.

Jensi reads Biana's y/n fanfics.

Dex really likes strawberry lemonade.

#kotlc #headcanon #forbidden city things #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc keefe #kotlc fitz #kotlc Stina #kotlc biana #kotlc jensi #kotlc dex #kotlc marella

[the-great-gullon-incident]

Headcanon that Sophie writes all her notes down in English instead of the enlightened language.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #kotlc headcanons

[reinedeslys-central]

kotlc things that I keep thinking about that are never really addressed by canon

there is a complete replica of sophie's bedroom and perhaps countless other rooms just. somewhere in a building in mysterium that the councillors just know about.

alden and other telepaths were instructed to monitor the citizens' minds for signs of dissent around the time the prentice thing was going down

they regularly torture prisoners and dissenters into literal insanity that they can't come back from

they also have a super weird prison only accessible by quicksand (????) to house said prisoners

there is an ENTIRE DUNGEON OF WEIRD LAB EXPERIMENTS DOWN BY THE VACKER HOUSE?

okay. how - how big is havenfield?

the entire thing with - is their name twix? the person dex was working with for something. why do we not get to see that more. why is dex the criminally underrated goated character and WE DON'T GET FLESHED OUT CHARACTER ARCS FOR EVERYONE

linh flooded. atlantis. linh song FLOODED ATLANTIS hello what do people think about that?????????? do they see her on the street and whisper? what's up with "The Girl Of Many Floods"? Where else did she flood?

What is up with the song family (tong? their name changed after their grandmother or smth got famous with their music right?) that both their children not only have two very powerful elemental abilities, but are also crazy skilled with said Talents.

why are music, art, and culture not a bigger thing? like yeah, plot, obviously, but that's just worldbuilding!!! I wanna see!!!! art hanging on the walls! Defying gravity! more sculptures! more music playing in the shopping centres!! If they have imparters why don't they have long distance radio? are there mandatory dance lessons? what's the etiquette like besides what we already know?

more animal husbandry at schools. speaking of schools: we KNOW foxfire and exilium aren't the only schools. are smaller schools more specialised? are their community colleges or academies dedicated to specific career paths? universities?

okay but the polyglot ability is SO COOL???? tell me about the archaic variants of the enlightened language. there's no way that's just the elves' one language and the other species picked it up due to their 'superiority' or wtv. the goblins have cities of gold and metal and the trolls age backwards, you're not convincing me of anything.

secret societies in the other species. that has to exist right?

.....is squall dex's mom or not? I genuinely can't remember.

anyway remember when she froze gethen's fingernails off, yeah that happened (I think)

so instead of rehabilitating teenagers who have dangerous abilities and not much control over their powers, we just do....whatever the council did with gethen, ruy, and linh ig

hey, um...are we just not going to talk about dex casually HACKING INTO A GOV DATABASE WITH SOME RANDOM BITS OF ROCK AND TWINE? he can just do that. okay. okay. that's - yeah, okay.

did he match a frequency or something? how does the signal network even work in kotlc when everyone is technically all over the world in unplottable locations and they get around by LIGHT LEAPING???

ON THAT NOTE. light leaping. yeah haha funny let's just teach our kids to casually break down their very particles and hold onto their consciousness to travel at the speed of light using quantum mechanics and crystals that are specifically cut to project light in such a way that'll take you only to a specific location nvm im not thinking more about it.

flickering? is apparently a skill you can learn even if you're not a vanisher? remember in book two when fitz got prissy at sophie for knowing how to do it apparently b4 we figured out that she's a teleporter

keefe is a fun loveable goofball and I've always been on the sokeefe train but now the more I think about it he's really um.... yeah, uh, sophie? darling, please just don't date any of these people. obv you can make your own decisions but at least not now, okay. take care of yourself hon

the fitz hate is kinda weird ngl. wdym you don't want your problematic traitor brother to move back in to living literally with your family after supposedly losing his memories and that's a bad thing? wdym your close friend/crush is hiding things from you when yall are supposed to be cognates and she's kinda gaslighting you since, forever? wdym your father's been shadily telling you to stalk this girl in the human world since you were a kid? yeah definitely he does pull some weird stints throughout the series. but the bigger things i see ppl hating on him for are. hmmmmm

the council themselves choose to lock away the government secrets and wipe them from their memories. hey, um - recordkeeping is great, obvious, but - wiping those secrets from your minds isn't gonna help you lead while accounting for those parts of history, is it? nevermind how dangerous it is when there are huge species-wide secrets that NO ONE remembers. society-threatening incident waiting to happen.

the concept of vociferators. that's just kinda funny lol even if it is weird

are their schoold for diff abilities?

what's the genetics of talent inheritance? why are 'stronger' abilities rarer? In my opinion, p much every talent is goated, I don't see why more characters aren't more creative about it.

banning talents is just a bad move. like. are you serious? how is that going to make it better? that's how you get brant. brant was a pyrokinetic, without getting into the primary issue of the whole talentless/talented discrimination discourse, the secondary issue is he wouldve been able to marry jolie as two talented elves. would he have cracked if his ability was just a bit better handled by society?

grady is a mesmer. how - that's a really powerful ability???? how do you even train to use that? what do you even use it for?

same with whatever that lady councillor is that tried to seduce alden during his own wedding. fun times, yall.

rainbow fire??? cool????

so we have the sanctuary, do we also have a gigantic library of alexandria-esque thing? a botanical garden?

according to jolie's wiki she died at twenty as a level 8 at foxfire. so... hang on a minute. okay, sure, numerically that could make sense since sophie, at 12, became a level one - but are you telling me she went through the whole matchmaking process and was planning to get married that young????

hey, here's an idea - in a relatively stable society where economy is great, trust funds exist, people work to have something to do with their lives, birth rate is generally low (now through prejudice as well as societal comfort and ease/cost of living), why are they marrying so young? WHY ARE THE KIDS STARTING THE MATCHMAKING PROCESS IN THEIR TEENS???? the elven society has p much every mark of a stage 5 developed country? help? middle-high school human geography??

if they apparently live so long, show me the funny messy family trees with couples having children generations apart.

so, trust funds of lusters??? lustres?? (which we barely ever see. why is there little-to-no use of money?) which equate to roughly one trillion USD (in value? are you. are you - um. are you....serious?) exist. but I guess inflation and relative currency value from mass money printing doesn't count in this world, as well as the fact that there's only one currency for all the elves.

I wanna see a divorced elven couple now. how does divorce law work??????

if there's such a low BR and low population and people are yet still encouraged to have less kids to 'not dilute the genes' (that's my next point btw), I'm guessing matchmaking is encouraged younger to make sure population stays stable/growing? obv you need it to ensure genetic diversity and no incest, but if it's heavily encouraged for elves to have children like this, are queer elves mandated to have children with a surrogate/other couple even if they have a same-sex marriage?

i'll probably edit this or reblog it to include more stuff (character limit lol) as i remember the books bc it's been a hot minute since i read them.

#kotlc #thoughts #headcanons #meta #questions #the series is actually really interesting worldbuilding-wise #shannon messenger #what's going on????? #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #grady ruewen #edaline ruewen #jolie ruewen #fitz vacker #biana vacker #dex dizznee

[the-boobrie-dude]

Imagine the surprise is just the release of the book.

Like surprise! The book can be bought today. No warning or anything.

That would be a power play Shannon.

#kotlc #sophie foster #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #kotlc headcanon #kotlc sophie #kotlc sokeefe #kotlc book 10

[you-have-been-frizzled]

ok so elf kids don’t have birthday parties, but what if they had manifestion parties. after the kid manifests they invite all their friends and family over and have a party celebrating their new ability.

the books, gifts, snacks would mostly be on the theme of their new ability, the adult would gossip, and complain if the kid didn’t get one of the good abilities. some kids have to wait years before getting to have one because the manifest late. and the longer a kid goes without manifesting the less likely they are to get invited to the parties, and the having a party was just another thing the talentless kids missed out on

#definitely wasn’t trying to think of ways i could make the dizznee kids go through the not getting invited to brithday parties experience #kotlc #kotlc headcanons #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #kesler dizznee #rex dizznee